COP21

Job losses threatens the CSIR’s reputation

Article Jacques Coetzee - 22 Mar 2019

The council's climate change research could suffer from job cuts

EU to cut new car emissions by 37.5% by 2030

Article Lachlan Carmichael - 18 Dec 2018

The targets will require new cars sold in 2030 to emit 37.5% less carbon dioxide on average compared to 2021 levels

Kikwete: Africa inherited poor education from colonial masters

Africa Manuela Kasper Claridge - 6 May 2017

Ex-Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said improving the education system in Africa will replenish the continent’s skills gap.

Paris Agreement: World takes giant step towards tackling climate change

Article Sipho Kings - 6 Oct 2016

The world's most important climate change agreement will come into force on November 4, Ban Ki-moon announced this week.

El Niño is fading but monthly temperatures still reach record highs despite plans

Article Sipho Kings - 25 Jul 2016

Earth blasts through more heat records, while research shows governments are not ambitious enough to stop catastrophic warming.

G7 nations to stop subsidising fossil fuels

Article Sipho Kings - 30 May 2016

The seven economies will stop propping up coal, gas and oil by 2025. But giant greenhouse gas emitters China and India haven’t made the pledge.

Oregano will cut cows’ wind and climate change

Article Sipho Kings - 16 Feb 2016

Famous for complementing Mediterranean and Mexican cooking, the herb could now be a key ingredient in lowering global greenhouse gas emissions.

2015 on track to be the warmest year on record

Article Sipho Kings - 17 Dec 2015

Data from the UK Meteorological Office shows that 2015 will surpass last year as the hottest year on record.

COP21 reached a weak deal

Article Sipho Kings - 17 Dec 2015

Paris talks failed the most vulnerable, but that failure could be fixed as the world’s governments have at least agreed to head in the same direction.

Climate-fragile countries need direct financial aid

Article Nathalie Francken - 17 Dec 2015

If donors help states with which they have links rather than those most vulnerable to climate change, it will increase poverty and thus migration.

COP21 comes down to a lot of hot air

Article Leonid Bershidsky Bloomberg - 17 Dec 2015

But developed nations can play a big role in finding cheaper ways to produce clean energy.

Africa will burn after timid talks at COP21

Article Sipho Kings - 10 Dec 2015

Hot air at the talks may mean our planet will still be 3°C hotter by the end of the century.

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The Mogale Centre: A place of hope for young offenders

Athandiwe Saba - 30 Mar 2020

In the last story of her series about children behind bars, Athandiwe Saba speaks to young men who have committed serious crimes and are now living behind the walls of the Mogale Child and Youth Care Centre

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